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itsmeandresito@mas.to ("Andresito") wrote:

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

If you've ever wondered how to distinguish a coelenterate from a man, I have a list for you.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/01/18/if-its-on-a-list-it-must-be-true/

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• ' "women" don't have: Penis Testicles Autogynephilia XY Chromosomes Every cell in their body is male 110x Testosterone Male DNA Skeleton structure Muscle mass Muscle fatigue Lung capacity Oxygenization twitch fibers Hemoglobin Bones Ligaments Tendons Grip Stride Hands Adam's apple (remote)

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Co-worker suggested that we could make PerfGPT.

Had to point out that Twitter already had the entire market for convincingly-wrong web performance advice covered.

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helenleigh@chaos.social ("Helen Leigh") wrote:

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alenacpp@hachyderm.io ("Elena Sagalaeva") wrote:

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moshboy wrote:

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• j.b. harold 3: d.c. connection, screenshot, pc-88, a woman with sunglasses on looking through some reflective glass (reflecting tress and buildings). (1989)

blithe ("Blithe") wrote:

Me before heading into my next 5 back-to-back meetings.

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technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see...") wrote:

@xor "should I follow this person back? ah, I see they have excellent taste, so clearly yes"

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

(i get why this happens technically but) it's always funny when somebody new crosses your timeline and all your server knows about them is they've boosted 3 of your toots over the last month. like they're just on mastodon to follow your bad jokes

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Used this yesterday; even on the way out, Stadia is pushing on the web to deliver better experiences. Verklempt.

https://www.theverge.com/23559284/google-stadia-controller-bluetooth-mode-how-to

https://stadia.google.com/controller/

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zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman :11ty:") wrote:

bcrypt@infosec.exchange ("yan") wrote:

forgot to mention, in this hypothetical scenario i don't yet own any books. i just know the distribution of book sizes in the world and want to maximize the number of books i could potentially put on my shelf.

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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

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wilfredh ("Wilfred Hughes") wrote:

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

The snu snu shall continue until every female is satisfied.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/01/18/more-males/

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danielschuman ("Daniel Schuman") wrote:

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Good morning! (sincere)

Rise and grind! (dead inside)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfdqDpRV9jI

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

(a big thanks to @mmasnick for organizing that series and getting me to write that down! re-reading it now I'm so glad I did)

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

Today marks the 11th anniversary of the SOPA blackout protests that rocked Washington and the Web. Last year I wrote about their legacy for online activism and copyright policy: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/01/20/10-years-later-sopa-protests-were-turning-point-not-beginning-end/

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Warning: mentions and describes some graphic and disturbing content of all types.

https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/

“Our mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity..." Except for the people they traumatize to build their products.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

And if this sort of thing is your jam, check out @nolan's work:

https://nolanlawson.com/2023/01/17/my-talk-on-css-runtime-performance/

TL;DR: there's a reason we're investing in web components, and it isn't about theoretical purity, it's about delivering great experiences at scale.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

This excellent post by @patrickbrosset covers issues we hit last year in major MSFT web apps (exacerbated by React + CSS-in-JS nonsense).

Super proud of the team for getting this into devtools where others can benefit in their investigations:

https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2023/01/17/the-truth-about-css-selector-performance/

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_L1vY_@mstdn.social ("Mother Bones AKA Bae'd Runner") wrote:

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

I don't want to share the road with either drunks or self-driving cars.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/01/18/highways-are-already-scary-self-driving-cars-wont-help/

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

"due to volatile market conditions"!?!???

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL4N34321F?utm_source=reddit.com

My dudes, that's why you're an *exchange*, not a prop desk. If you can't make money in volatile conditions, your exchange sucks.

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anthony@journa.host ("Anthony DeRosa") wrote:

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stavvers@masto.ai ("Another Angry Woman") wrote:

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• reallyreallyreallytrying: “average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted (remote)

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sdjohns@mastodon.world ("Simon Deane-Johns") wrote: